Locknut use?
Locknut use?
(OP)
I have an application where a component is positioned using a nut tightened onto a threaded rod. The rod, which is prt of the component, passes through a plate,and the component is positioned vertically via the position of the nut on the threaded rod.
The application is prone to high ambient temperatures, and lots of vibration.
Previously we had used nylok nuts, but these were working loose, allowing the component to work itself to a new (bad!) position.
Now considering 2 locknuts, or loctite (or similar)...I has been thinking of lockwashers, but having spent the last 30 minutes reading about their general uselessness, I've rethought...
Any suggestions on what might be the best course of action?
Thanks
FP
The application is prone to high ambient temperatures, and lots of vibration.
Previously we had used nylok nuts, but these were working loose, allowing the component to work itself to a new (bad!) position.
Now considering 2 locknuts, or loctite (or similar)...I has been thinking of lockwashers, but having spent the last 30 minutes reading about their general uselessness, I've rethought...
Any suggestions on what might be the best course of action?
Thanks
FP





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http://www.stage8.com/
Mike Halloran
NOT speaking for
DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
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Had a look at Stage 8, but I don't see it working as I haven't got any suitable surface to brace the 'wrench' part of their system against.
I found http://www.locknuts.com/pn-loc.html, anybody have experience of these?
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Cory
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Thanks all for the input so far!
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Or a nut on each side, like in example A shown here -
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Mike Halloran
NOT speaking for
DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
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I only stumbled across this forum yesterday...boy am I glad!
Theres a nut on one side only, and each component actually has 4 rods/nuts holding it in position, and there could be anything up to 50 components in an assembly, so the simpler and quicker the solution is, the better. But then ain't that the way...
Lockwire would be perfect, but would be too time consuming for the number of nuts involved.
Thanks
FP
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http://www.lok-mor.com/cap-loc.html
Anybody any experience of them?
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